EP1487247A1 - Boítier de connecteur électrique - Google Patents

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EP1487247A1
EP1487247A1 EP04291459A EP04291459A EP1487247A1 EP 1487247 A1 EP1487247 A1 EP 1487247A1 EP 04291459 A EP04291459 A EP 04291459A EP 04291459 A EP04291459 A EP 04291459A EP 1487247 A1 EP1487247 A1 EP 1487247A1
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Tsutomu Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. Naitou
Tatsuya Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. Oka
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K7/00—Constructional details common to different types of electric apparatus
    • H05K7/02—Arrangements of circuit components or wiring on supporting structure
    • H05K7/026—Multiple connections subassemblies
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/50—Fixed connections
    • H01R12/51—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/52—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K1/00—Printed circuits
    • H05K1/02—Details
    • H05K1/14—Structural association of two or more printed circuits
    • H05K1/144—Stacked arrangements of planar printed circuit boards
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/50—Fixed connections
    • H01R12/51—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/52—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/523—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures by an interconnection through aligned holes in the boards or multilayer board
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K1/00—Printed circuits
    • H05K1/02—Details
    • H05K1/14—Structural association of two or more printed circuits
    • H05K1/145—Arrangements wherein electric components are disposed between and simultaneously connected to two planar printed circuit boards, e.g. Cordwood modules
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K2201/00—Indexing scheme relating to printed circuits covered by H05K1/00
    • H05K2201/09—Shape and layout
    • H05K2201/09009—Substrate related
    • H05K2201/09063—Holes or slots in insulating substrate not used for electrical connections
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K2201/00—Indexing scheme relating to printed circuits covered by H05K1/00
    • H05K2201/10—Details of components or other objects attached to or integrated in a printed circuit board
    • H05K2201/10007—Types of components
    • H05K2201/10189—Non-printed connector
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K2201/00—Indexing scheme relating to printed circuits covered by H05K1/00
    • H05K2201/10—Details of components or other objects attached to or integrated in a printed circuit board
    • H05K2201/10227—Other objects, e.g. metallic pieces
    • H05K2201/10363—Jumpers, i.e. non-printed cross-over connections
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K3/00—Apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits
    • H05K3/30—Assembling printed circuits with electric components, e.g. with resistor
    • H05K3/32—Assembling printed circuits with electric components, e.g. with resistor electrically connecting electric components or wires to printed circuits
    • H05K3/34—Assembling printed circuits with electric components, e.g. with resistor electrically connecting electric components or wires to printed circuits by soldering
    • H05K3/3447—Lead-in-hole components
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K3/00—Apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits
    • H05K3/36—Assembling printed circuits with other printed circuits
    • H05K3/368—Assembling printed circuits with other printed circuits parallel to each other
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S439/00—Electrical connectors
    • Y10S439/949—Junction box with busbar for plug-socket type interconnection with receptacle

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  • the present invention relates to an electrical connector housing for installation aboard vehicles, and in particular to a housing whose internal circuit conductors are composed of a plurality of printed circuit boards.
  • the electrical connector housing is designed such that connections with outside circuits can be made very easily.
  • a common electrical connector housing has a casing 2, in which a plurality of circuit elements (such as busbars 3 for internal circuits, electrical cables 4, printed circuit boards 5, etc.) are superposed on an insulating plate 6.
  • circuit elements such as busbars 3 for internal circuits, electrical cables 4, printed circuit boards 5, etc.
  • An example of such a connector is described in more detail in document JP-A-2000-92659.
  • the external face of the casing 2 is provided with one or several connector-receiving unit(s), fuse-receiving unit(s) and relay-receiving unit(s).
  • These receiving units are equipped with terminals that are bound to the corresponding circuit elements and project into the receiving units, so that these terminals can be connected to outside connectors.
  • the respective printed circuit boards 5 comprise connector-receiving units 7a and 7b, so as to provide connector outputs for each board.
  • the above configuration requires an increased number of parts, as the number of connectors and of connecting sites between the conductors of printed circuit boards increases. Moreover, such a configuration creates many constraints and unnecessarily increases conductor patterns. As a result, the number of layers of the printed circuit boards must be increased, which in turn raises material costs and increases the size and weight of the electrical connector housing manufactured.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide an electrical connector housing containing a plurality of printed circuit boards, in which connection structures between a printed circuit board and an outside connector, as well as between respective printed circuit boards, are improved, so that the number of parts can be reduced, the connecting operation can be simplified and the patterns of printed circuit boards can be arranged more freely. As a result, excessive increase in the number of printed circuit boards can be avoided, and the size and weight of the electrical connector housing can be reduced.
  • an electrical connector housing having a first casing, a second casing and a sidewall, and containing a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board superposed with a given space.
  • the first printed circuit board comprises at least a first conductor
  • the second printed circuit board comprises at least a second conductor.
  • the electrical connector housing comprises at least one connector-receiving portion projecting from the sidewall and placed at a position between the first and second printed circuit board.
  • the first conductor on the first printed circuit board is connected to a first terminal means
  • the second conductor on the second printed circuit board is connected to a second terminal means.
  • the first and second terminal means protrude at the connector-receiving portion, such as to be connectable to terminal means of an outside connector which can be inserted into the connector-receiving portion.
  • the first and second terminal means are substantially L-shaped terminals.
  • the first printed circuit board comprises a first conductor and they are provided with a through-hole and a first terminal hole
  • the second printed circuit board comprises a second conductor and they are provided with a second terminal hole
  • a bridging piece comprising a first branch portion with a first contact section, a shoulder or base portion and a second branch portion with a second contact section, the first branch portion being longer than the second branch portion, whereby the bridging piece can be inserted from the first printed circuit board toward the second printed circuit board, the first branch portion is passed through the through-hole and inserted into the second terminal hole in the second printed circuit board, and the first contact section is fixed to the terminal hole, and the second wing portion is inserted into the first terminal hole in the first printed circuit board and the second contact section is fixed to the terminal hole, whereby the conductors of the first and second printed circuit boards are electrically connected.
  • the through-hole in the first printed circuit board is provided in that part of the first printed circuit board where no conductor is wired.
  • the first and second contact sections are fixed to the corresponding terminal holes by soldering.
  • the first and second contact sections are fixed to the corresponding terminal hole by press-fitting.
  • the first and second terminal holes are provided with respective terminal conductors.
  • the first printed circuit board comprises a first conductor and they are provided with a first terminal hole
  • the second printed circuit board comprises a second conductor and they are provided with a second terminal hole
  • the substantially straight bridging piece is a substantially straight terminal.
  • the substantially straight bridging piece is a jump cable containing one or several core wire(s) and having first and second end portions, wherein the core wire(s) is/are exposed in the first and second end portions.
  • the electrical connector housing comprises a further connector-receiving portion on at least one housing portion selected from the group consisting of the first casing, the second casing and the sidewall, and one of the first conductor and the second conductor which are connected to each other by the bridging piece is connected to a substantially L-shaped terminal which protrudes at the at least one housing portion.
  • the electrical connector housing comprises a further connector-receiving portion on at least one housing portion selected from the group consisting of the first casing, the second casing and the sidewall, and one of the first conductor the and the second conductor which are connected to each other by the substantially straight bridging piece is connected to a third terminal means which protrudes at the at least one housing portion.
  • the third terminal means is a substantially L-shaped terminal.
  • the connector-receiving portion may be provided with a joint connector having at least one joint terminal, so that the at least one joint terminal can be connected to the first, second and/or third terminal means.
  • the joint connector comprises the at least one joint terminal and a second terminal adapted to be connected to an outside electrical cable.
  • the invention also relates to a system for cabling a vehicle comprising an electrical connector housing as defined above.
  • the invention further relates to a method of cabling a vehicle, wherein it uses an electrical connector housing as defined above.
  • a plurality of connector-receiving portions e.g. units, to be connected to the conductors in the first (e.g. upper) and second (e.g. lower) printed circuit boards, are arranged in parallel along a casing sidewall.
  • the terminal connected to a conductor on the first printed circuit board and that connected to a conductor on the second printed circuit board can be protruded in a single connector-receiving unit.
  • a connector fitted into that connector-receiving unit can be connected to the conductors of both first and second printed circuit boards.
  • a plurality of electrical cables can be grouped into a single connector and connected together to the conductors of the first and second printed circuit boards.
  • the conductors of the first and second printed circuit boards can be connected to each other through that connector.
  • Such a configuration confers more operational freedom on the conductor patterns of the printed circuit boards and reduces unnecessary space. Further, it can reduce the number of layers of the printed circuit boards, and reduce the size and manufacturing costs of the electrical connector housing.
  • terminal piece that connects the conductor of the first printed circuit board to that of the second printed circuit board can be formed into a U-shape, so that it can be soldered from the same side, and operation is simplified.
  • a press-fit unit may be placed into contact, through its press-fit terminal, with a terminal hole which comprises a conductor in its internal face.
  • the joint terminal can be used as a joint busbar that is not connected to electrical cables. More particularly, it can be used to connect a conductor on the first printed circuit board to a conductor on the second printed circuit board inside the connector-receiving unit.
  • the joint terminal can comprise an end portion connected to an electrical cable, and another end portion formed into a plurality of terminal sections which can connect the conductors on the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board.
  • a connection system is preferably used e.g. for an earth circuit.
  • Figs.2 to 5 show an electrical connector housing 10 according to a first embodiment of the invention.
  • This housing 10 is used to connect a wire harness for vehicles. It comprises a first (e.g. upper) casing 11 and a second (e.g. lower) casing 12, and contains a first printed circuit board 21, a second printed circuit board 22 and busbars 27 and 28.
  • the casings 11 and 12 contain a board holder 13 that is formed of e.g. two flanges 13a, each with first and second ends (corresponding respectively to the upper and lower ends in Fig.3), and e.g. a web plate 13b which bridges the two flanges 13a substantially halfway between the first and second ends.
  • the first printed circuit board 21 is fixed on the first end of the flanges 13a
  • the second printed circuit board 22 is fixed on the second end of the flanges 13a.
  • a busbar-layer support casing 15 is provided above the first printed circuit board 21.
  • First and second busbars 27 and 28 are placed over the busbar-layer support casing 15 via an interposed insulating plate.
  • a first end portion of the first busbar 27 is turned downward as shown in Fig.3, and forms a first busbar tab 27a which is connected to a conductor of the second printed circuit board 22.
  • a first end portion of the second busbar 28 is turned downward as shown in Fig.3, and forms a second busbar tab 28a which is connected to a conductor of the first printed circuit board 21.
  • the external face of the first casing 11 is provided with one or several connector-receiving unit(s) 14, relay-receiving unit(s) 17 and fuse-receiving unit(s) 18.
  • a first sidewall of the second casing 12 (Fig.2B) is provided with a connector-receiving unit 19 projecting outwardly from a position located between the first printed circuit board 21 and the second printed circuit board 22 inside the second casing 12.
  • the external face of the second casing 12 is also provided with a connector-receiving unit 16.
  • Second end portions of the first and second busbars 27 and 28 are turned upwardly (Fig.3), and form corresponding busbar tabs which protrude into the connector-receiving unit 14, relay-receiving unit 17 and fuse-receiving unit 18 provided on the first casing 11 (Fig.2A).
  • An L-shaped terminal 31 is extended downwardly (in Fig.3) into a terminal hole of its corresponding conductor on the first printed circuit board 21, and connected to that conductor by soldering.
  • An L-shaped terminal 32, inverted with respect to terminal 31, is extended upwardly (in Fig.3) into a terminal hole of a corresponding conductor on the second printed circuit board 22, and connected to the conductor by soldering.
  • the bent end portions of the L-shaped and inverted L-shaped terminals 31 and 32 are made to protrude into the connector-receiving unit 19 through a respective hole 19a. They can thus be connected to a connector (not shown in the figures) fitted into the connector-receiving unit 19, and from there to a wire harness that forms an outside circuit.
  • a plurality of such connector-receiving units 19 are arranged in parallel along a sidewall of the casing 12.
  • terminal piece 33 which has substantially U-shaped form, but with on branch 33a made longer than the other 33c (Fig.4A). More specifically, terminal piece 33 comprises a first branch portion 33a, a shoulder portion 33b forming the base of the U (here vertically inverted) and a second branch portion 33c, the first branch portion 33a being made longer than the second branch portion 33c.
  • the first and second branch portions 33a and 33c comprise corresponding first and second soldering sections 33d and 33e at their tip portions.
  • the soldering sections 33d and 33e of the terminal piece 33 are inserted, respectively, through a terminal hole 21a formed in the conductor 23 of the first printed circuit board 21 and a terminal hole 22a formed in the conductor 25 of the second printed circuit board 22.
  • the terminal pieces can thus be soldered from the same direction, as shown by arrows in Fig.4B.
  • the web plate 13b and the first printed circuit board 21 are provided with large-size through-holes, respectively designated 13c and 21c, at positions aligned with the corresponding terminal hole 22a on the second printed circuit board 22.
  • the terminal piece 33 is passed into through-holes 15a which are formed in the busbar-layer holding casing 15. Then, the first branch portion 33a is passed into the through-hole 21c of the first printed circuit board 21, while the second soldering section 33e of the second branch portion 33c is passed through the terminal hole 21a in the first printed circuit board 21, and welded with solder H from underneath (as shown in Fig.4B). Thereafter, the first printed circuit board 21 is fixed on the first ends of the flanges 13a of the board holder 13 (see Fig.3), and the branch wing portion 33a is passed into the through-hole 13c in the web plate 13b.
  • the second printed circuit board 22 is fixed on the second ends of the flanges 13a of the board holder 13.
  • the first soldering section 33d of the first branch portion 33a is then passed through the terminal hole 22a in the second printed circuit board 22 and welded with solder H from underneath.
  • a substantially L-shaped terminal 36 (Fig.9) is molded in resin 37, and a bent section of the terminal 36 (horizontally extending part in Fig.9) is soldered to a conductor on a second face of the second printed circuit board 22, and a straight section of the terminal 36 (vertically extending part in Fig.9) is protruded into a connector-receiving unit 16 formed on an external face of the second casing 12.
  • the L-shaped terminal 31 is connected to the conductors on the first printed circuit board 21 (placed above in Figs.8 & 9) from beneath, whilst the inverted L-shaped terminal 32 is connected to the conductors on the second printed circuit board 22 (placed below in Figs.8 & 9) from above, whereby both terminals 31 and 32 are placed closer together.
  • both terminals 31 and 32 are protruded into one connector-receiving unit 19, so that the conductors of both printed circuit boards 21 and 22 can be connected to one connector which is wired to a plurality of outside electrical cables.
  • connections of the conductors between the first and second printed circuit boards 21 and 22 can be made snug when they are made at a position away from the connector-receiving unit 19.
  • the L-shaped terminal 31 and the inverted L-shaped terminal 32 may be connected by a joint connector 40 fitted into the connector-receiving unit 19 (see Figs.5A & 5B).
  • the printed circuit boards 21 and 22 are small, all the conductors of the first and second printed circuit boards 21 and 22 may be connected by such joint connectors 40, instead of terminal pieces 33.
  • the joint connector 40 shown in Fig.5A contains a joint terminal (e.g. joint busbar) 41 having e.g. two sets of bifurcated terminals 41a arranged in parallel.
  • the above terminals 31 and 32 can thus be pushed into these bifurcated terminals 41a for making the electrical connections.
  • joint connectors 40 for the connections of the conductors between the first and second printed circuit boards 21 and 22 makes it unnecessary to use terminal pieces 33. Accordingly, depending on whether the conductors of the first and second printed circuit boards 21 and 22 are placed near or away from the connector-receiving unit 19, they may be connected either by joint connectors 40 or by terminal pieces 33.
  • the joint connector 40 shown in Fig.5B contains not only two sets of bifurcated terminals 41a', but also a joint terminal 41' in extension thereof.
  • the conductors on the first and second printed circuit boards 21 and 22 can be connected to an electrical cable w, so that splice connections between electrical cables outside the housing become unnecessary.
  • This electrical cable w may be used for an earth circuit, an electrical power circuit or signal circuits.
  • use of the joint connector 40 for connecting the conductors of the first and second printed circuit boards 21 and 22 can reduce the number of connecting sites used by the terminal pieces 33. The constraints for wiring are thus reduced, whilst wiring becomes freer and a high-density wiring becomes possible.
  • connections between the conductors of the first and second printed circuit boards 21 and 22 are required at a position away from the connector-receiving unit 19, they may be made by using a terminal piece 33. In this manner, it is not necessary to extend the conductors of both boards 21 and 22 towards the connector-receiving unit 19; this confers more freedom for setting conductor patterns.
  • the conductors on the first and second printed circuit boards 21 and 22 are connected, via busbars 27 and 28, to connectors, relays and/or fuses respectively fitted into the connector-receiving units 14, the relay-receiving units 17 and/or the fuse-receiving units 18 provided on the first casing 11.
  • the above conductors are protruded into the connector-receiving unit 16 provided on the second casing 12 via the terminal 36 bound to the conductors of the second printed circuit board 22, and can thereby be connected thus to an outside connector fitted into the connector-receiving unit 16.
  • the conductors on the first and second printed circuit boards 21 and 22 can be connected to the terminals which are protruded into the connector-receiving units 14, 19 and 16 respectively formed on an external face of the first casing 11, and on the sidewall and external face of the second casing 12.
  • This configuration gives more freedom for configuring the conductor-pattern, reduces unnecessary space, and enables to form a high-density pattern.
  • Figs.6 and 7 show respectively a first variant and a second variant of the first embodiment, relating to connections between the first and second printed circuit boards 21 and 22.
  • the first variant utilises a straight terminal 34 instead of a curved or bent terminal
  • the second variant uses a jumper terminal 35 in which core wires are exposed at both ends.
  • the terminal 34 or 35 is inserted into the through-hole 21b in the first printed circuit board 21, the through-hole 22b in the second printed circuit board 22, and the terminal hole 13c in the web plate 13b.
  • Each end of the terminal 34 or 35 is then soldered to the corresponding conductor 23 or 25, forming thus a soldered connecting portion 29.
  • Fig.8 shows an electrical connector housing 10 according to a second embodiment of the present invention, in which the sidewall of the second casing 12 comprises first and second connector-receiving units, respectively designated 19 and 20, arranged at two levels, as seen in the figure.
  • the second connector-receiving unit 20, arranged at the lower level contains a protruding L-shaped terminal 31' connected to the second printed circuit board 22.
  • the terminal 31 of the first printed circuit board 21 is connected to the terminal 32 in the connector-receiving unit 19.
  • This terminal 32 is in turn connected to the conductors of the second printed circuit board 22.
  • the conductors of the first printed circuit board 21 can be fed out into the connector-receiving unit 20 at the lower stage.
  • a connector fitted into the connector-receiving unit 20 can also be connected to the conductors of the first and second printed circuit boards 21 and 22.
  • Figs.9 and 10 show an electrical connector housing 10 according to a third embodiment of the present invention, in which the terminal piece 33, connected to the conductors of the first and second printed circuit boards 21 and 22 by soldering in the first embodiment, is replaced by a press-fit terminal 43.
  • the press-fit terminal 43 may have a U-shape. Similar to the terminal piece 33, the press-fit terminal 43 may have a first branch portion 43a, a shoulder portion 43b forming the base of the U, and a second branch portion 43c, the first branch portion 43a being longer than the second branch portion 43c.
  • the first branch portion 43a and the second branch portion 43c comprise, respectively at their edge, a first press-fit section 43d and a second press-fit section 43e. In other words, the soldering sections 33d and 33e of the terminal piece 33 are replaced by the press-fit sections 43d and 43e.
  • terminal holes 21 a and 22a respectively formed in the first and second printed circuit boards 21 and 22 are provided with corresponding plated conductors 24 and 26 connected to the conductors 23 and 25, respectively.
  • the press-fit sections 43e and 43d pushed into the respective terminal holes 21a and 22a are thus electrically connected via these plated conductors 24 and 26.
  • the press-fit terminal 43 is passed into the through-hole 15a formed in the busbar-layer holder 15. Then, the first branch portion 43a passes the through-hole 21c of the first printed circuit board 21, while the second press-fit section 43e of the second branch portion 43c is press-fitted into the terminal hole 21a of the first printed circuit board 21, and placed into contact with the plated conductor 24.
  • the first branch portion 43a passes the through-hole 13c formed in the web plate 13b, and the first press-fit section 43d of the first branch portion 43a is press-fitted into the terminal hole 22a formed in the second printed circuit board 22 (which is fixed on the second ends of the flanges 13a), and placed into contact with the plated conductor 26.
  • the conductors 23 and 25 of the respective first and second printed circuit boards 21 and 22 can be connected to each other.
  • press-fit terminal not only obviates the soldering between the conductor of a printed circuit board and a terminal piece, but also simplifies and improves the fitting operations greatly, in that one fitting operation enables the connections at two different sites simultaneously.
  • a connector-receiving unit on the sidewall of an electrical connector housing, at a position between the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board contained the electrical connector housing.
  • This connector-receiving unit is designed such that, when an outside connector is fitted thereto, it can not only connect with the first and second printed circuit boards, but also make connections between them or perform a branching thereof.
  • This configuration enables to reduce the number of connecting sites between the printed circuit boards when wiring internal circuits. Accordingly, the circuits can be wired with less constraint and with a higher density, and the electrical connector housing can be miniaturized. Further, as the number of parts such as connectors and terminals can be reduced, and unnecessary wiring patterns can be avoided, production costs can also be lowered.
  • the conductors located at the position away from the connector-receiving unit on the two printed circuit boards are to be connected, the conductors of these printed circuit boards may be provided with terminal holes. Then, a substantially U-shaped terminal piece may be inserted into the terminal hole and soldered from the same direction. Thus, the connections between the two printed circuit boards can be effected very easily. If a press-fit terminal having press-fit end sections is used instead of this terminal piece, soldering operation can be obviated.

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